diff --git a/eng/Directory.Packages.props b/eng/Directory.Packages.props
index 3de272729059c..4fcb5b88ff93a 100644
--- a/eng/Directory.Packages.props
+++ b/eng/Directory.Packages.props
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
     <ILAsmPackageVersion>9.0.0-rc.2.24462.10</ILAsmPackageVersion>
     <ILDAsmPackageVersion>6.0.0-rtm.21518.12</ILDAsmPackageVersion>
     <MicrosoftILVerificationVersion>7.0.0-alpha.1.22060.1</MicrosoftILVerificationVersion>
-    <_MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion>17.5.0</_MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion>
     <!--
       VS .NET Runtime
 
@@ -142,8 +141,8 @@
     -->
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.LanguageServer.Client.Implementation" Version="17.10.72-preview" />
     <PackageVersion Include="NuGet.ProjectModel" Version="6.8.0-rc.112" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" Version="$(_MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion)" />
-    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel" Version="$(_MicrosoftTestPlatformVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer" Version="$(MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion)" />
+    <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel" Version="$(MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion)" />
     <PackageVersion Include="Microsoft.AspNetCore.Razor.ExternalAccess.RoslynWorkspace" Version="9.0.0-preview.25064.4" />
 
     <!--
diff --git a/eng/Versions.props b/eng/Versions.props
index 08c62a289f638..e9301bb188b0b 100644
--- a/eng/Versions.props
+++ b/eng/Versions.props
@@ -106,4 +106,12 @@
     <!-- Prohibit the usage of .NET Standard 1.x dependencies. -->
     <FlagNetStandard1XDependencies Condition="'$(DotNetBuildSourceOnly)' == 'true'">true</FlagNetStandard1XDependencies>
   </PropertyGroup>
+  <PropertyGroup>
+    <!--
+      Test SDK should match the version of TestPlatform packages required by this repo and defined
+      in Directory.Packages.props - Microsoft.TestPlatform.TranslationLayer and Microsoft.TestPlatform.ObjectModel.
+      This version needs to match the Test SDK version consumed by Arcade.
+    -->
+    <MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>17.5.0</MicrosoftNETTestSdkVersion>
+  </PropertyGroup>
 </Project>